The 1952 Grand National was the 106th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1952.
The race went off ten minutes late, after the field breached the starting tape, prompting a false start. It was won by Teal, a 100/7 shot ridden by jockey Arthur Thompson and trained by Neville Crump. Thompson and Crump were victorious in the steeplechase in 1948 also, with Sheila's Cottage, at odds of 50/1.
In second place was Legal Joy, third was Wot No Son, and Uncle Barney finished fourth.
Forty-seven horses ran, and all but one returned safely to the stables. Skouras was euthanised after incurred a cervical fracture falling at Becher's Brook.
Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01TealArthur Thompson1010–12100/75 Lengths02Legal JoyMichael Scudamore910–4100/603Wot No SunDavid Dick1011–733/104Uncle BarneyJack Boddy910–4100/105OvershadowEddie Newman1210–522/106Printers PieGeorge Slack810–0100/107HierbaAlf Mullins710–066/108ColumnPeter Pickford1210–0100/109ParsonshillJim Seely1310–1100/110Sergeant KellyRay Cross1110–9100/1Last to complete
Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate01Early MistPat Taaffe710–1118/1Fell01Golden SurpriseMr T Clarke710–3100/1Fell01Hal's VentureJohn Foster710–845/1Fell01Rocket VIVictor Speck810–1100/1Fell01Russian HeroLeo McMorrow1210–1150/1Fell01St Kathleen IIPatrick Doyle910–250/1Fell01Dominick's BarA Prendergast810–1366/1Fell01Cardinal ErrorJimmy Power811–833/1Brought Down01Irish LizardRex Hamey910–333/1Brought Down01Court PainterFrancis Carroll1210–0100/1Refused03Cream of the BorderLex Kelly710–050/1Refused03Inter AliaC Sleator910–366/1Fell03Caesar's WifeGordon Rogers1010–650/1Unseated Rider03Whispering SteelBert Morrow710–1140/1Fell04CloncarrigWilliam Dugdale1211–1350/1Fell04NagaraP Hieronimus1011–7100/1Fell05Brown Jack IIIDuke of Alburquerque910–040/1Fell06SkourasMr R Keith1210–1366/1Fell07Pearly PrinceDerek Leslie910–525/1Fell07SkyreholmeDick Francis911–340/1Fell07TantivyMr M Westwick1111–150/1Fell07WolfschmidtF O'Connor1210–3100/1Fell07KelekCharles Hook810/340/1Refused08PossibleMr E Weymouth1211–0100/1Fell09Another DelightGlen Kelly910–1025/1Fell13Starlit BayClive Straker810–350/1Fell17RoimondTim Molony1111–1333/1Fell17MenziesMick O'Dwyer1010–433/1Brought Down21Border LuckTommy Shone710–1220/1Unseated Rider21DerrinstownAlan Power1210–0100/1Pulled Up21TavoyDaniel McCann910–0100/1Pulled Up22Traveller's PrideLen Stephens910–1100/1Fell24FreebooterBryan Marshall1112–710/1Fell24Royal StuartTim Brookshaw910–350/1Refused24Icy CalmMarquess of Portago911–033/1Pulled Up30Royal TanPhonsie O'Brien811–622/1Fell?Bronze ArrowJohn Straker1010–2100/1Fell
The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin,
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